I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee. I have also told them not to work for companies which make massacre machinery, and to express contempt for people who think we need machinery like that.

Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

George Eliot

Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member's freedom of thought and action.

Robert Shea

But the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper.

Michael Shermer

Winning is not a sometime thing it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Vince Lombardi

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Henry David Thoreau

I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.

Bob Ehrlich

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

Pete Rose

A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together!

Anon.

... i didn't fall in love of courseit's never up to youbut she was walking back and forthand i was passing through

Leonard Cohen

Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.

Eric Hoffer

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.

Denis Diderot

I had a great time with John Duigan he's pretty amazing.

Sam Rockwell